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Ten New Immigrants From as Many Lands at Ellis Island i
Tell Why They Came to America and How They Hope to Succeed
51
ALS EKiAN
SPANIARDS
DUTCH
.AOSSAiA
POLE
5 LOVAKS
ROUMANIAN
THE STORIES OF
Giovanni Martini Sicily
Lam Johnson Sweden
Paulo Conatantini Athena
Joaen Wapowaki Poland
Michael O'Connor Ireland
Joae Perez .. Spain
Otto Schultx Bavaria
Alex Nickoloff. Roumania
Alexia PopotT Ruaaia
Karl Lewenhaupt Holland
mam
lIAJJI hUaANB to the eleve
Ml rough which U etfted the
yearning aliens from the
l'a four cornera. Soma
oom to tMa lul of Che (raa with in
Coaatltutlon and publlo achoola because
of IntolaraMa conditions In the land that
am (nam Birth. Others anna Crom ecn
1 1 mental reasons, drawn by tha lova
borna far othara cona bafora. Roma and
a raw get by Undo Ham's keen-eyed
guardians oma here to escape the pen
alties for their misdeeds tn othar lands.
Tha othara, the rat by far, ooma hara
to make money. And of thle Utter class
aoma ooma to stay and othar coma re
aolrad to anvther wealth and return
they run.
at random from roan of a
half aoora lands, The Evening; World
rejiortr learned through girb-tongued
interpreters the atory of why they oome.
Many othera who were asked "Why do
yon comer shook their heads and
'tilled. Othera emowled upon their ques
tlonar with auaplcloua eyea, fearing a
harmful motive bahlnd the Interroga
tlon. Olovannl Martini la a chunklly built
and awarthy aon of Welly's aunny tale.
Alone he Journeyed to the now world,
leaving hie wife anil three children In
tha rare of kin In Ins native town of
Monlflore.
"Prrhapa I go back; perhaps later I
bring them lu re," tie aald.
For ten of his twenty-eight yeare
Martini baa been planning to oome to
America and at luat, after several years
of frugality and scrimping, he has made
hie dream an actuality.
"I g" to work nnd I save In a week
more than I make altogether ll Monl-Hon-.
1 have many friends In America
BAd. they hnve made money. Home of
these have gone hark to Italy and thev
will work no more, i am :i laborer anil
I will do anything Maybe I like to
stay In Amort OS and by ainl hv I send
for my wife in, d children. Itut pornaps
1 Ko back what I have lOVod some
money and I lira hsppy In Mnntflore."
Ill" reply le ei hoed hy tunny of hla
kind.
Hut It wim a totally different reason
that brought latra Jonsnn from bla
farm and home for eeven score yeara
and ten, ner Gothenburg. Sweden.
Hla reason la entirely one of sentiment.
Twenty years ago hla two Jons came
to America and settled on a fnrm In
Mlnnleinta and twenty yeais hnve passed
since the futhcr has looked upon his
boy a.
"And now they Bra fathers of large
families themselves," he aald, "and I
want to see them before I die. I have
been a lonesome old man for over ten
yeara, since my wife died, and so I
have sold my little place In Sweden.
I am going to see my boys and their
hoys and after a while I will go back
to die In Sweden "
l'a. ilo Constuntlnl of Athens knows
exactly why he came to America. There
wee no healtnucy In Ills anawer. l'aiilo
came to America with his wife and two
hlldreii to engage In business and
mnke money.
"For many yeara I have wanted to
Wive a business of my own It Is hard
for a (Irrek tn get a start In hla own
land, but here In America every one has
nn opportunity. I will ko to work for
some otie for a while and then 1 will
take up n business BE my own 1 am
mint to :itay In New Vork. fur I hnve
several relatives and many friends In
this city."
Paulo's ambition la the ambition of
moot Qrook immigrant, according to
IhOOO who are familiar with alien mat
ters. The Oreeke are business ,.ien,
they any. and are not satisfied to work
for others.
Josrn Wapowaki. tha Polish Immi
grant who has Journeyed to America
with 11 wife and Ave children, la go
ing to Huffalo. where In the Polish
00 Ion y he has many friends who have
preceded him to the land of golden op
portunity. "In Poland I was a fnrm hand and
labored from daybreak until alter dark
and I earned hardly enough to feed inv
tinhlea," said the iturdv Pole. "For
yinrs my frlenda In Buffalo have been
writing to me to come to America,
where they told me 1 could make more
In a week than I made In almost two
months of labor back home. I talked
It over with my wife and we began to
save what llttla we could. We apent
only what we were forced to and now,
after almost five years of hardship, jve
hud enough to buy our passage and keep
us awhile."
It was explained tn the Pole Hilt
be would llnd foodstuffs, clotblnK and
rents l.lgher In America than at home.
"Hut wo will live like we did In Po
land," he replied, "until we have aome
money saved and aoon the Isiys will be
big enough to woik, too, nnd then w-e
will all be happy and perhaps aome lav
we wilt go back to Poland for a visit
No, I don't want to go hack tncre to
live, for most of my friends are here !
and the rest are saving to come."
Seven strapping lii-h sons preceded I
Michael O'Connor or Cork, to America, 1
They have found America to their Ilk- i
Ing as have no many other sons of '.he i
Bmorald isle.
"The lad a are ull In Chicago and they
wrote to me that they are doing Well,
After the wile died and my gni inarr.i d
I thought 1 bad better Join the la Is in
America. I had a little trucking busi
ness In Cork and I sold out, and I think
the boys and me will try tricking In
Chicago. It'a getting lo be a sad land
Is Ireland. AM the lads an coining lo
America, and only the old men are
slaying behind and trying to make up
their minds to make the crossing too.
Down on (he Florida Keys there la a I
considerable colony or Spaniards whj
are engaged In no apnrtac fisher. e. j
They have been most su OOOOflll and
their success tins prompted Jose prreg
to leave his little farm near Pamplona,
Spain. Jose Is not yet thirty and for
several years he has boon re-Hess. He
has heard of the success of others In
the New World and finally gained
enough courage to cross himself.
"If I do not find Florida and the
aponge fishing to my liking 1 will go to
I TA LlAM
South America, where there are ao
many Spaniards and where I have many
friends And perhaps it I urn s u cce isf ul
I will go back to Pamplona and buy the
Inn. for It is owned by my uncle, an old
man, and then I will be a man of stand
ing and will marry and have no wor
ries for mairuna."
For well-nlgii thirty yeara Otto
ohultl of I lav, ilia has totbd nnd
scrimped on a hit of a farm Shut hardly
yielded enough, after the taxes were
paid, tn ke-p him and his family.
"And now I have sold out and I come
BAVARIAN (tjERMAN) ITALIAN
SWEDE. 5
Telephone Girls at Big Hotels Tell of "Husband's Excuses, "
But "Women Are Better Liars. Than Men," Say the "Hello'Unes
The Excuse Makers' Merry-Co-Round
in Full Blast
Between 5 and 7 o' Clock,
and Sot a Few, With
Plausible Explanations for
Staying Out Late, Are
Women.
'HEN you drop Into o telephone
booth In on uptown hotel and
otade tn strong, conndantlal
toaoo to tha lovod onoa at hwni
that you ara detained In town on Im
portant buolnea, don't fur a minute, or
oron a fraction thereof, suppose that
you are getting away with anything, so
far aa tha operator Is concerned. Ask
tho ajirl at tha owltrhboard tn any big
hotel what she thinks of tha portion of
too day that comes between 6 and 7
o'clock. They will Inform you that Is
known ao tha "8tallera Carnival."
That la tha time when there Is a
eteesdy atream of man (and a few wo
men Incidentally i lining up four and
Ave deep In front of the deak of the
lady of the wlree. Some of them bear
thoughtful eapreaatone. Those are tho
ones who haven't got their stories quite
letter perfect. But moot of thorn con
reel oft glibly enough and come out of
tho booth with that peculiar expression
of peace and good-will thai followa hav
ing got away with it
The girl at the awltchboard oeea as
much of Ufa ao anybody on earth and
moat of them have formed their own
couclueiona about tt
Ever eland by the wire-plugging
board waiting for a call and watch 1
the presiding genius of It aa she makes
hrr mental rating of the telephoners
teiepboniss oomo of them are In her
estimation?
There once wao a auburbanlte who
telephoned to hla ofhVti that he cojldn t
come to work because the laundry
wagon had been wrecked by a collision
with an automobile, and he hadn't g"t
a clean collar. L,ota of the excuse
board by tho sirens of the awitcbbouru
ore Just ao weird.
Of course, thare'a the old. old one
about bring kept at the ..in . late on
eam sort of asocial work on which tho
whole future welfare of the ramuy de
panda; but, according to the in lb. Ines
of Broadway, that lo gulug out of
date It'a better form noar to any tha
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has eloped with a chorus girl and you
are busy buntlUK around employ nient
a. "tic es for another one, ur your money
blow oft the ferrytjost while you were
i mime. It and you've got to scurry
around nnd bono fonie more.
At on,- of the biggest New York ho
tels at Forty-second street and Ilroad
way Is u Kill who has worked tin re f ir
a long time and has had munlfoid rx
p. i es. The other 'lay an individual
a a Stetson bat in d with ull the ear
ni.uks of a moving picture Western
nilll.onutre (sine up to Die board lie
gol his call and paid his dime at the
lami lactam as monocicd agqulolte
from lhat dour l'uils, who has acquired
aome recent fame In this country, bm
lauguiahlngiy regarding tin operutor.
1'iif broad-brimmed man from t lie
ear he broken down, of the chOAlffcug .Vi'eel etuwled At bus ii M Hii
number and retired' Into a booth. ThOB
the Itetoonltl turned to the girl
"Little gal." quoth he. in the accept' i
maimer of the l in-bearted Westi-rner,
if that teller gnnoyi yotl toll me and
I'll Shove his mOIWM le out of the t'llek
of his head.'
Then he strode neck 10 the bar.
"Well, whut do ou think of thai
gluck'.'" quoth the damsel ot Ih
"Peareet." said he In the most con
vincing manner, ' you know poor old
Jim, well something fearful has hap
pened tu him. I'm now at Hellevue
Hospital With him. Poor chap, he was
run down by a street car and his legs
cut off yes. both ol them "
' Klchanl." rejoined, the voice from
Wliltesi.me, In firm and unfaltering
touea. "this U I lie flrsl time I ever
heard thai they bad an nMBMlfS In
the hosp.il. ll."
It wits not llil then thai "Richard"
ille or tile OOyO' Dam I rmirwuwe uei ""S"""-" i"
called up a number In BlOOO tl'' dOQf or the booth and that
the ItralM or llow, now. Itoiv. were
morHly RltOrlM on to thr wire.
If he'd loOOOH "P : would he n whole
lot better than hearkening to him doing
the 1'orsn Pavton act at the gink with
the swell city clothes and the fas
cinating manner"
It was at the omme hotel that the
oi ler evening
in and blithely
Whlteslone. laing Island He appeared
In tie so fearfully Upool OVef some
board. "He's willing to bust monocles , uluuilty that the girl at the OWltCIP
but live been here u month and I've buaid wouldn't refrain trum 'listening
never even acta a quarter out ot btm. la."
TltOrO la one hotel on Hroadwuy which
, boa been famous fur many years as l.ie
mr"'"! place oi the eiilo ol tho
wlro-tappers, conrtdence men and other
gentry uf thut stripe There are two
girls there who have probably heard
! more little deals "out ncpnss" than anv
others In Now York The telephone Is
a favorite Instrument to use In work!
of this sort and If the girls "listened
In they could, If they would, have
"tipped off" Racy Mark to the p' trail
being prepared for him.
At another hotel further 'p the street
there Is a musical genim who fre
iuenta the telephone booths. He la a
compoaer of populur aonge, but like
some othera In that profession he can
not write u note of mualc. When he
has an Inspiration lie strolla Into a
booth, sits down at the phone and
whistles nis composition off to hla pub
Ushers. If they . K It the girl Is
hure of a good tip. If not his dime Is
given up with a fearful acowl of agony.
Most obliging of telephone Venuaee
Is the girl who works at this same
hotel. One evening a stout. Jovial look
ing personage strolled up to her and
laid down a live-dollar bill.
"That's yours," said he, "If you'll be
my stenographer for Ave minutes.
"Sir!"
"I mean telephonlcally, of course," he
hastened to explain. "I've been out
with the bunch and I want to try to
.-male myself. You rail up my wife
nnd aay you are my stenographer and
at I've started for home without
wasting time over calling up. 1 waal
working late and that deluyed me."
This appeared to be an easy way of
acquiring the Ave. ao tha ohllsing
young woman did as she was aakvd.
A voice that resembled the fieexlng
blast of a January bllxxnrd wafted
Ic ily back.
"Well. It 'I most remarkable that I'vel
been calling up the oAlce for the laat
three hours and the central told met
that rv one answeied tho phone," III
bilaaod.
"Oh, that's because we disconnected
ll in order that the boss could work
without being disturbed." was the rapid
Are answer that made the bestowor of
the Ave drein ft well apent.
Hut when all Is said and done, li s the
shank of the day that sees the hotel
central's busiest time. The eacusi
makors' merry -gn-rcund Is then In full
blast, and if sou don't guess thai nut a
I few uf Ihe parties with plOUosblt ex
planations for slaying out late are
Women, why then you don't know New
Vork.
And Ihe women are better liars than
the men," says "Riuwnle" alcCaiih) of
the Hot, cjoueaw.
to Anuri a where I (an buy almost B
hundred times more land for what I told
my place for. For several years I have
read of the Irrigation farms of Colorado
and i win go there ami buy me a place
and then 1 Will sen J for the frnu un I
my three girls. My boy Is serving in the
army, and In two years he will be dis
hat god and he will ome quickly. My
boy does not like the army, but he must
serve. We will not go back to the Fa
therland to live. Perhaps sometime we
gu for a visit."
Alexander Nickoloff. the Roumanian,
baldly knew why be . ame Ho Is a
man of middle age, and was accom
panied by his wife and a strapping
laughter. Now that he lias turned his
back on Roumania he has no desire to
see the country again.
"I will go to work. I can do any labor
if. my hands," he aald. "In Rou
mania I was a shepherd, but It la bitter
rold, and I could earn but little. I
heard of the nig farms of America, and
I would like to go to the sheep country
and buy a Mock of my own. 1 do not
want to go back. 1 want to stay here."
Alalia Popoff was a Russian Cossack.
For years he rode ths ateppea with his
lighting fellows. Th-ii his brother de
parted to Western t'anada to farm, and
the tall Cossack of the Don has come
.villi his family to Join the brother,
"I lerVCd my country for Aflcen ye.iri."
-aid the ex-solller. "I fought against
the Japanese, and I have been almost
frozen to death many times. After my
brother began tu write how well he was
doing on his Canadian farm I got to
thinking, and su I write to my brother
and aatd I would come to America aad
we would farm together. I have eervad
the Ctar and my country, and now I
will serve myself."
"Once when 1 was a small boy I met
r. American artist In my native cltv
Pi Rotterdam," said Karl Lewenhaupt. '
ami he told me about his land. I ne.r
forgot what he said and as I grew older
I read everything I could about yo:r
land. I was in the cheese, milk and but
tt' business ami I have done well, and
new when I am past forty I come to
00 the country I have read and hear.!
s much about. I am going Into busi
n ss here In New Yojk and then I will
si nd for my wife and five children
Some day I will go to Niagara Falla and
perhaps I will see Washington and lbs
President."
And so It goes. They either have frlenste
or have rend of the marvelous oppor
tunltlOl in America or they meet Imml-
I grants who have returned with oeem
liYDly fabulous fortunes which they have
plucked from the ever-Ailed lap of the
land of ire, -lien Kvery ahlp that en
ters the port is bringing them In and
almost every ship lhat departs le taking
out many who have realised their
dreams.
And there are many In the course of
a year who come to And the doors bolt
ed against them. There waa the glori
ously robed Algerian who waa turned
from the threshold. He confessed to
being a Muusiilman. That creed teaches
polygamy. The Algerian waa not mar
rlod but the inspector asked him If he
believed In polygamy. He replied "yea."
The law eaya no alien who la a pulyga
mist or who preachea or bellevoa tn
polygamy shall enter.
When the Whistle Blows To-Night,
"Leave the City to the Irish.
w
ft
IIBN the whistle blows this very
day It will be a elgual for ull
t lie Italians, the Uermuns. the
Swedes, the Russians, the Lithuanians,
the Huns, Finns, CblneBC Turka and
other typical New Yo-kera to hurry
home and leave the city to the Irish,
for It Is so close to PfttrleYt Oav that
It la Just the same as If it was the day
of the blessed saint.
The shamrock Is all here, and the
last of It was unloaded this very morn
ing ten thousands sprigs of It by one
vessel, while through the transatlantic
mall as many more twigs came in let
ters from trie old folks at home, or tha
lads and lassies who have not forgotten
the ones that went away across the sea.
And the ahlllelahsl Crates of them
came over to remind the typical New
Yorkers that they'd better leave be
tho Irishman when he chooses to cele
brate Hie day uf his patron saint. The
blackthorn sticks will be seen In ghe
parade on Monday-lnthe-mornlng.
Shamrocks and nl.e l.iborns have been
sent to New York's loyal Irishmen for
t ie great day by their own peopkt In
their own countries and the Irishman
with a love for hie old mother country
may well picture now the quiet sceeyes
upon the banks of the Shan don, flea
Barrow, the Urne and Ulackwater.
With a bit of shamrock In the lapel
of his long-tailed coat, with his stick In
bis hand, and with t e parade under
way Monday, the bells of the Cathedra
will strike up and many'a the Irkehnxan
who will think of the hells of abandon aa
he passes by the great twin spire on
Fifth avenue, at the foot of watch will
stand none other than Cardinal Fariay.
Then after the parade! Or nuvybe
for Just a little Mt before tho parade,
there will be a recourse to a woo drap
of eomethlne; wanning. Along with the
shamrock and the blackthorn taken
from the hold of one steamship there
were 100,000 galVma of good potheen.
Hut there are many of the Irish In raw
York, and It la not such a veett dead Of
the stuff Imported by one ahlp aa you
would be Inclined to think. It would
give only one good drink to one million
of ua and there Is at least a million of
us Irish New Yorkers.
The Latest in Skyscraper Elevators
LtlVATOR operators in tho Tutted
States Fxpress Company's liuild
lnu at No, Rector street no
longer emulate subway guards when
(hey fall to stop their car on an im
mediate level With the floor
No longer do they warn passengers
E'
entering and leaving their cars to the circumstances
When a car Is brought to a full stop
an attachment on the lever or controller
automatically lights a strong Incandes
cent with a reileetor upon It, and tlds is
focused on tha threshold ef the elevator
The poorest-lighted passenger could not
fall to .lis civer any difference In Ihe
leve ls of the ear and the n.,r i.r
"Watch youi step." varying ll uBOS In
u while wllh a "Mind your step," )ut
lo shuck wandering purists.
The building mannagement has found
a bet in plan a veritable Maxim
iauenctr (or raueeua-lOBed operator.
..levator operators may Alrt with
blond steiiograpin n and scuffle with
messenger Isoys n this bulld'ng If thsyl
wish, te their heart's contain -no lnngen.
i taswr tune warning
("""if a'fti Bagger,
xgam